US 11,998,904 B2
Fluidized bed reactors for post-processing powdered carbon
Jacques F. Nicole, Palo Alto, CA (US); Pawel A. Piotrowicz, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Michael W. Stowell, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Lyten, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Lyten, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,173.
Application 17/875,173 is a continuation of application No. 17/739,397, filed on May 9, 2022, granted, now 11,433,369.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356167 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01J 8/42 (2006.01); B01J 4/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/18 (2006.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.01)
CPC B01J 8/42 (2013.01) [B01J 4/007 (2013.01); B01J 8/1809 (2013.01); B01J 8/1827 (2013.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.08); B01J 2204/002 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00539 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00893 (2013.01); C01P 2004/34 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system including a fluidized-bed reactor, comprising:
a gas feed source configured to flow a gas-phase mixture into an interior of the fluidized-bed reactor;
a gas inlet valve coupled with and in fluid communication with the gas feed source, the gas inlet valve configured to regulate the flow of the gas-phase mixture into the interior of the fluidized-bed reactor;
a gas-solid separator positioned upstream of the gas inlet valve within the fluidized-bed reactor;
an energy source configured to generate a plasma-phase mixture responsive to electromagnetic excitation of the gas-phase mixture, the plasma-phase mixture formed in a plasma region adjacent to or within the interior of the fluidized-bed reactor;
a pressure control assembly configured to adjust one or more of a pressure or a velocity of at least some of a plurality of carbon nano-particulates within the interior of the fluidized-bed reactor; and
an energy management apparatus external to the fluidized-bed reactor, the energy management apparatus configured to control energetic excitement of the gas-phase mixture.